Incomplete list of publicized healthcare layoffs and closings 01-15 May 2013:
Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance laid off 55 people across Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Utah (some reports said 56).
Medtronic ended about 230 jobs!
The merger of U.S. Analogic with Canadian Ultrasonix Medical resulted in 140 people losing their jobs in Colorado and Vancouver!
The labs of Astellas’ OSI Pharmaceuticals subsidiary at the Broad Hollow Business Park in Farmingdale, New York, and of the Perseid Therapeutics subsidiary in Redwood City, California, closed. At least 200 jobs lost!
California: The not for profit doctor and hospital network known as Sutter Health announced 169 people lost their jobs! 54 employees at the Porterville Developmental Center laid off. Dignity Health laid off 150 employees in Sacramento, and 300 in Stockton!
Florida: Liberty Medical Supply laid off 211 employees! Liberty Medical already laid off 260 employees in January, then went bankrupt in February!
Indiana: Eli Lilly, announced drastic cuts. At least 1624 people lost their jobs! Orthopedic products maker Zimmer laid off at least 50 employees. Company officials blame it on that damned Affordable Health Care Act (Obama/Romney Care), which created a new federal medical device tax. Warner Transitional Services shut down and laid off 112 people!
Kentucky: Hospice of the Bluegrass got rid of 16 jobs. They blame it on cuts to Medicare and Medicaid no thanks to Obama/Romney Care (Affordable Health Care). Kentucky Spirit Health Plan laid off all its 145 employees! The company focused on providing Medicare covered care for children. Company officials say the drastic cuts to Medicare funding by the Affordable Health Care Act (Obama/Romney Care) forced them to shut down because the new Medicare payments don’t cover the basic costs of operations!
Louisiana: Schumacher Group shut down its Patient Financial Management Services, 41 people laid off. Blame Obama/Romney Care (Affordable Care Act).
Massachusetts: Blood management systems provider Haemonetics, shut down operations in Braintree. 320 jobs lost! New England Baptist Hospital in Boston laid off 12 managers.
Minnesota: 79 people lost their jobs with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.
Missouri: Liberty Hospital laid off 129 employees!
New Mexico: The Gila Regional Medical Center converted 70 full time jobs to part time only. The hospital has also stopped the $40 million expansion project, postponed a new health information software system and shut down its Home Health Services in Luna County as well as Home Health’s D&E wavier and Helping Hands programs in Grant County! Hospital officials blame it on the increase in uninsured customers who can’t pay and the Affordable Health Care Act (Obama/Romney Care) which drastically reduces Medicare and Medicaid payments.
New York: Arnot Health laid off 22 employees at Saint Joseph’s Hospital. They shut down a surgical unit. Ulster County warned employees at the Golden Hill nursing home that layoffs were coming. The Malone Veterans Affairs clinic closed down. And 22 people laid off by MVP Health Care: “The health care marketplace is changing rapidly, and MVP must constantly adapt….” Saint James Mercy Hospital cut 50 positions: “SJMH is continuing to experience significant declines in patient volumes, patient days and revenues, as well as reduced state and federal reimbursement and we cannot continue to support our current operation under these conditions.”-Mary LaRowe, Saint James Mercy Health System
Ohio: Mercy Hospital eliminated 18 jobs.
Pennsylvania: In Sellersville, Israel based Teva Pharmaceutical shutting down its research and manufacturing facility by 2017. 472 employees affected!
Rhode Island: Westerly Hospital eliminated 45 jobs.
Tennessee: Pfizer operations in Bristol laid off 25 employees.
Texas: Galt Medical shutting down their Garland factory over the next two years. 139 people unemployed! Galt specializes in medical devices, which are going to be hit with a massive tax under the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act!
Washington: The Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital laid off 19 employees.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
ObamaCare layoffs 2013, part 2!
ObamaCare layoffs 2013, part 1: